Mavis Freeman
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| Full name | Mavis Anne Freeman | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 7, 1918 Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 1988 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Women's Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||
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Mavis Anne Freeman (November 7, 1918 – October 1988) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Freeman swam for the Women's Swimming Association of New York, managed and founded by Charlotte Epstein, and coached by Louis Handley.[1][2]
1936 Olympic bronze
Freeman received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with her teammates Katherine Rawls, Bernice Lapp and Olive McKean. The Americans finished in a time of 4:40.2.[3]
Ray Daughters was Head Coach for the U.S. Olympic Women's swimming team that year.[4] With McKean swimming the anchor leg, the U.S. 4x100-meter team finished four seconds behind the second place team from Germany who lost to the Dutch team in a close finish. Historically, the American team had most frequently won the event and had on several occasions held the world record prior to the games, but in 1936 the Dutch team had set the World Record and were the heavy favorite.[5]
Freeman captured won the Long Distance title in AAU competition in both 1936 and 1937.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Louis De Breda Handley (1976)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mavis Freeman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "International Swimming Hall of Fame, Ray Daughters". ishof.org. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ "1936 Berlin Olympics Women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay results". olympedia.org. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51024%7Ctitle=Olympic Biography, Mavis Freeman|webpage=olympedia.org|access-date=7 November 2024
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